After Section 2, you should understand the lockset algorithm.
For instance, you should know under what condition Eraser signals a
data race, and why that condition was chosen.

After Section 3, you should understand Eraser's implementation
details. For instance, you should know under what conditions it
reports false positives.

Section 4 details the authors' evaluation of and experience with
Eraser. This section is useful to convince yourself that Eraser is
(or isn't!) useful, that it performs (or doesn't perform) well, etc.

As you read, think about the following:

Why can't the lockset algorithm catch every race condition?

Would you use Eraser? If so, in what situations?

Question for Recitation

Before you come to this recitation, write up (on paper)
a brief answer to the following (really—we don't need
more than a couple sentences for each question). If your TA has
requested that you email your answer to them, you may do that instead,
but it should still be handed in before your recitation begins.

Your answers to these questions should be in your own
words, not direct quotations from the paper.

What are the goals of Eraser?

How was it designed to meet those goals?

Why do we need a tool like Eraser? (Or why do the authors
believe that we need such a tool?)

As always, there are multiple correct answers for each of these
questions.